Seminar May 30 – Dr. Fernando Preto
Presented by: China-Canada Bioenergy Network and Clean Energy Research Centre Time & Date: Monday, May 30th from 4:00pm – 5:00pm PDT Location: Zoom Production of Homogenous Pyrolysis Oil from Low Quality Forestry Residues Abstract In general, high single phase liquid products (pyrolysis oil) can be obtained from bark free core wood by fast pyrolysis processes. […]
Meghan Cooke Wins CEMF Undergraduate Ambassador Award
UBC Chemical and Biological Engineering student (CHBE), Meghan Cooke, is the recipient of the Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation (CEMF) 2022 Rona Hatt Engineering Ambassador Award ! This $5,000 scholarship is awarded annually in memory of Rona Hatt, an alumna of the UBC Chemical Engineering program and recognized as the first Canadian female chemical engineering graduate. […]
Emily Cranston Receives LeSueur Memorial Award
CHBE Associate Professor, Emily Cranston, has received the LeSueur Memorial Award from the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) , which was awarded virtually during the Annual SCI Canada Awards Dinner on May 5, 2022. Dr. Cranston received the award, which is given to an individual for the development of technical excellence, for adopting “an innovative […]
CHBE post-doc wins $1M Milestone Award from Elon Musk’s funded XPRIZE Competition
Takachar, a UBC spin-off company co-founded by CHBE postdoc, Kevin Kung, has won a $1 million Milestone Award in the XPRIZE Carbon Removal Competition, funded by Elon Musk and the Musk Foundation. Dr. Kung, who works as president and chief technical officer of Takachar, and his partner Vidyut Mohan (co-founder and CEO), were previously awarded $250,000 in […]
CHBE Welcomes Mona Rahmani
The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering would like to welcome Dr. Mona Rahmani. Dr. Rahmani holds a PhD degree from the University of British Columbia in Environmental Fluid Mechanics, where she studied shear instabilities and mixing in density stratified flows. Her research interests are in the fields of multiphase flows and density stratified flows […]
ChemECar Wins Pacific Northwest Regional Competition
UBC’s ChemECar team placed first in both the ChemECar performance and poster competitions at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Pacific Northwest (PNW) Student Regional ChemECar Competition held virtually on April 30. They competed against teams from the University of Calgary and Washington State University. The UBC team entered two cars, Catch me if […]
Research Day – April 29
Thank you to everyone who participated in Research Day 2022. Research Day is an event for sharing some of the latest scientific and technical contributions in the Chemical and Biological Engineering fields. The CHBE Department opens its doors to scientists, engineers, and industry partners to take part in the event, which includes posters and oral […]
Jonathan Verrett Receives Killam Teaching Award
Jonathan Verrett, Associate Professor of Teaching in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been awarded a Killam Teaching Award for 2021/2022. Dr. Verrett’s current scholarly work focuses on leadership development, experiential learning, design education, Open Educational Resources (OER), energy generation and use as well as sustainability. He also has many other roles: a […]
CHBE Welcomes Zeina Baalbaki
The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Department of Civil Engineering would like to give a warm welcome to Dr. Zeina Baalbaki, who is joining the departments as a lecturer to teach within and help oversee the undergraduate degree program in Environmental Engineering at UBC. Dr. Zeina Baalbaki earned her Ph.D. in Chemical […]
New Awards for Undergrads
Thanks to generous donations, undergraduate students in the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering can now be considered for two new awards: Faculty of Applied Science Award in Chemical and Biological EngineeringAwards totalling $10,000 have been made available annually through a gift from Art Pithayachariyakul (B.A.Sc. 2011) for Bachelor of Applied Science students majoring in […]